Housing and Urban Development Department

News about Housing and Urban Development Department, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Oct. 31, 2014

Annual survey from Housing and Urban Development Dept reveals that while number of homeless people across country fell in 2014, New York City's homeless population has continued to grow in almost every category, including individuals, families and chronically homeless; survey, conducted just days after Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, reflects significant challenge he inherited. MORE

Jul. 29, 2014

Appraisal column; three residents of East River Housing cooperative on Lower East Side are suing complex over its fairly strict no-pets policy, contending dogs are therapeutic, and building is violating their rights under the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of disability; three, who have been fighting eviction for past two years, have the support of federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. MORE

Jul. 10, 2014

Senate votes 71-26 to confirm Julian Castro as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, catapulting the young mayor of San Antonio to the national stage. MORE

Jun. 18, 2014

Pres Obama’s nominee for housing secretary, Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, fields series of mostly friendly questions from members of Senate Banking Committee, signaling a smooth path to confirmation. MORE

Jun. 3, 2014

New Jersey Gov Chris Christie joins Shaun Donovan, federal Housing and Urban Development Dept secretary, to announce that flood-prevention project centered on Hoboken will receive $230 million in federal aid; ceremony takes place in Little Ferry, which received $150 million, allowing Christie to keep his distance from Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who had accused Christie administration officials of improperly withholding federal disaster aid to her city. MORE

May. 24, 2014

Pres Obama nominates Mayor Julian Castro Jr of San Antonio to head Dept of Housing and Urban Development; Castro has championed urban renewal and steered San Antonio through renaissance that has built new housing in areas once ignored by developers; if confirmed, Castro would become first housing secretary in 48-year history of position whose parents lived and worked in public housing projects. MORE

May. 23, 2014

Pres Obama will nominate Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio to be secretary of housing and urban development. MORE

May. 18, 2014

Pres Obama prepares to nominate Julian Castro of San Antonio as his new secretary of housing and urban development, raising one of his party's Hispanic rising stars as part of a cabinet shuffle that has possible implications for the 2016 presidential election. MORE

May. 12, 2014

Editorial contends Department of Housing and Urban Development's review of New Jersey's mismanaged Hurricane Sandy recovery effort raises concerns about the programs lack of transparency; calls on HUD to order full state review of all rejected applications for aid, crucial first step to redressing the wrongs done so far. MORE

Apr. 13, 2014

Henk Ovink, former Dutch official who is now working at United States Dept of Housing and Urban Development, is architect behind department's push to address effects of changing sea levels on America's coasts; issue grew more urgent in wake of Hurricane Sandy; Ovink, who pioneered strategy of allowing flood waters to flow freely in the Netherlands rather than keeping them out, faces both cultural and logistical obstacles in translating his vision to the United States. MORE

Jan. 25, 2014

Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development ends two-year legal dispute with Arizona and a private developer of subsidized housing; HUD had accused developer of discrimination for favoring the deaf and the hard-of-hearing over others seeking to live in a 75-unit complex for the elderly built to fit the needs of the deaf. MORE

Nov. 15, 2013

Rebuild by Design contest, held by Department of Housing and Urban Development, attracts engineers, architects, designers and others with proposals to protect the New York area from the potential damage of another Hurricane Sandy; winning proposals, which range from land use changes to building designs, could have inside track to billions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy relief money. MORE

Oct. 2, 2013

Your Money Adviser column notes United States District Court for District of Columbia, in case brought against Department of Housing and Urban Development, rules in favor of homeowner who was not listed on reverse mortgage taken out on home by his wife before her death; lists questions to consider before taking out reverse mortgage. MORE

Sep. 23, 2013

JPMorgan Chase paid $1 billion to resolve an array of government investigations last week. But more hurdles lie ahead. MORE

Apr. 24, 2013

Justice Department tells Westchester County that it has failed to enact legislation prohibiting housing discrimination based on source of income as ordered by landmark desegregation agreement; Department of Housing and Urban Development says it will revoke $7.4 million in money allocated to Westchester and send it elsewhere if county does not comply with at least two elements of housing pact by April 25. MORE

Feb. 17, 2013

Housing and Urban Development Dept is beginning to strongly discourage longstanding practice of communities, like many in Los Angeles area, that sell federal community development block grants to neighboring towns in exchange for smaller purses with no strings attached; federal regulators have tolerated such arrangements until fairly recently, but some critics say practice is a waste of public resources. MORE

Oct. 26, 2011

Department of Housing and Urban Development will no longer subsidize the Carmel Towers in Newark because of health and safety issues, raising fear of eviction among hundreds of residents; tenants will receive vouchers to help pay the rent elsewhere, but many have not been able to find another home. MORE

Oct. 26, 2011

Editorial maintains that states and cities need more federal help to protect vulnerable citizens and curb homelessness; urges Congress to fully finance the Department of Housing and Urban Development and its important housing programs. MORE

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